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dana bash is following it for us as well. e she will report to us if they make a decision. >>> other news, though, since the news broke about secretary of state hillary clinton and the blood clot that was discovered in her head, reporters have been scrambling to find out just how dangerous the rare disorder that she has is. i wanted to show you what was in the papers today. it's a picture of chelsea. not sure if a picture says a thousand words, but her family certa certainly rushed to the hospital where she's being treated. that picture really caught that image of what appears to be a distraught chelsea clinton. she was leaving the hospital after the visit with her mom. she tweeted out a message thanking people for their support. "thank you to all for sending good thoughts my mom's way. grateful to all her doctors and that she'll make a full recovery." the doctors for their part say there's no evidence of a stroke or any neurological damage with regard to this clot near her brain. jill dougherty is live at the state departmen
dana bash is following it for us as well. e she will report to us if they make a decision. >>> other news, though, since the news broke about secretary of state hillary clinton and the blood clot that was discovered in her head, reporters have been scrambling to find out just how dangerous the rare disorder that she has is. i wanted to show you what was in the papers today. it's a picture of chelsea. not sure if a picture says a thousand words, but her family certa certainly rushed to...
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dana, can you hear me? okay. clearly we lost dana. this is just really the beginning -- the beginning of this debate. we're going to hear even when this passes tonight, assuming it passes tonight, there's still spending cuts to be dealt with, debt to be dealt with. let's listen in on the house floor some of the debate going on now. >> towards economic growth and the kind of prosperity that we want and that the american people deserve and it will create a greater degree of certainty. we all know that uncertainty is the enemy of prosperity. and so making permanent -- >> dana is joining us again. dana, this is just -- i mean, it ends tonight but just one element of it, spending cuts and the like, that's being dealt with months from now? >> that's exactly right. a lot of kicking the can on these things. in a few months we'll see these mandatory spending cuts being dealt with. that is going to happen in two months. then, of course, the debt ceiling, the nation will bump up against the debt ceiling. that really is a big reason that republic
dana, can you hear me? okay. clearly we lost dana. this is just really the beginning -- the beginning of this debate. we're going to hear even when this passes tonight, assuming it passes tonight, there's still spending cuts to be dealt with, debt to be dealt with. let's listen in on the house floor some of the debate going on now. >> towards economic growth and the kind of prosperity that we want and that the american people deserve and it will create a greater degree of certainty. we...
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we want to go to dana. i understand she has house speaker boehner with her. dana. >> reporter: mr. speaker, how are you feeling, sir? just so you know he has a policy of not talking to reporters in the hallway, so that's what that was about. that was a smile saying, come on, you know i'm not going to answer you. he was walking from his office into the house chamber for the beginning of the session and most importantly for what we see happen in a matter of minutes, which is going to be the election of the speaker. what we're going to be watching for is to see if there are very many defections on the republican side. >> all right. dana, i know that you've had a chance to do the back and forth with the house speaker and john boehner. he doesn't answer many questions. he has infuriated a lot of republicans including chris christie and new york congressman peter king regarding the superstorm sandy aid. i want to ask you that, but in a moment we want to get back to the floor here. house and senate members taking the oath of office. let's listen in. >> you're being to enter so help you go
we want to go to dana. i understand she has house speaker boehner with her. dana. >> reporter: mr. speaker, how are you feeling, sir? just so you know he has a policy of not talking to reporters in the hallway, so that's what that was about. that was a smile saying, come on, you know i'm not going to answer you. he was walking from his office into the house chamber for the beginning of the session and most importantly for what we see happen in a matter of minutes, which is going to be the...
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dana bash is joining us, jessica yellin. they've been working their sources as they try to stay ahead of this fast moving story. dana, what are you hearing? >> we have news. that's that the house republicans have decided just to take up the clean senate bill. they're not going to amend it. they're going to take up the bill that passed with a huge majority in the early morning this morning in the senate. all day long, as you just said, back and forth about whether or not they can do that, whether or not to put an amendment on that has spending cuts, which is what many house republicans have been demanding, but the decision after a lot of discussion by the house leadership has led to where they are now, which is in about an hour, hour and a half, we are going to see a final vote on the senate bill, which means this will be over and the fiscal cliff package to avert the fiscal cliff technically, will be donep. >> at least this portion of it. still a lot of spending cuts to get to a couple of months from now. just the beginning
dana bash is joining us, jessica yellin. they've been working their sources as they try to stay ahead of this fast moving story. dana, what are you hearing? >> we have news. that's that the house republicans have decided just to take up the clean senate bill. they're not going to amend it. they're going to take up the bill that passed with a huge majority in the early morning this morning in the senate. all day long, as you just said, back and forth about whether or not they can do that,...
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senior congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill and, dana, does it even look like the house will vote today? because that's kind of crucial. >> it is a big open question, deb. i can tell you the reason why i'm standing in front of a -- maybe not so pretty white wall is because i'm down the hall from where republicans are meeting as we speak. house republicans. and you can hear at different times some clapping and different times other -- maybe not so happy noises coming from inside the meeting, but they are discussing the way forward. and what we're hearing from sources, again, this meeting is going on what we're hearing from sources about what is happening behind the doors is that there are a lot of members concerned that they want spending cuts to go along with this deal. they don't want to just pass mostly -- mostly tax cuts but tax increases. that is a big part of what i'm hearing is going on. the other thing we're told is that the house speaker is simply not taking a position whether he is for or against this. he's being very cautious, we're told, in this meeting,
senior congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill and, dana, does it even look like the house will vote today? because that's kind of crucial. >> it is a big open question, deb. i can tell you the reason why i'm standing in front of a -- maybe not so pretty white wall is because i'm down the hall from where republicans are meeting as we speak. house republicans. and you can hear at different times some clapping and different times other -- maybe not so happy noises coming...
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dana, thank you. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, has been watching all of this unfold. she's joining us now. republicans, jessica, they're concerned there simply aren't enough deficit savings in the bill that passed the senate last night. and indeed, the congressional budget office says the bill will add, not reduce, but add to the nation's debt. what's the reaction at the white house? >> reporter: wolf, the congressional budget office's numbers can be a little confusing, actually. because the truth of the matter is, the congressional budget office finds that it will increase the deficit by $3.9 trillion over ten years, but that's only when you take into account the fact that we have gone over the fiscal cliff. that increase in the deficit assumes that all americans have lost their tax cut, that the senate bill puts that tax cut back into place for 98% of americans, and all that revenue is being sucked out of government coffers. now, if you go back one day and remeasure this same
dana, thank you. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, has been watching all of this unfold. she's joining us now. republicans, jessica, they're concerned there simply aren't enough deficit savings in the bill that passed the senate last night. and indeed, the congressional budget office says the bill will add, not reduce, but add to the nation's debt. what's the reaction at the white house? >> reporter: wolf, the congressional budget office's numbers can be a little...
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dana bash, thanks so much. joining us now from the capitol, one of the newly minted members of congress even though she is a freshman, ann wagner is no novice. she is chair of the party and served as cochair of the republican national committee. ann wagner, how does it feel to be a member of congress and how is the first day so far? >> it's fantastic. it has been a full day and a whirl wind, but we are ready to get to work. it's a privilege to be here in the people's house and i look forward to serving my constituents in the second congressional districts in the metropolitan area. >> what do you make of the dozen or so members of the caucus that cast protests against congress men and speaker boehner as he was being reelected? why the protest? >> it's the house and the house, they like to mix it up. i have seen it from the beginning of coming into the orientation time. we have seen it over the last 112th congress. people like to speak their minds and want transparency and want to be heard. we are open to that di
dana bash, thanks so much. joining us now from the capitol, one of the newly minted members of congress even though she is a freshman, ann wagner is no novice. she is chair of the party and served as cochair of the republican national committee. ann wagner, how does it feel to be a member of congress and how is the first day so far? >> it's fantastic. it has been a full day and a whirl wind, but we are ready to get to work. it's a privilege to be here in the people's house and i look...
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senior congressional correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. what are you hearing? >> there was a conference call of course members of the house leadership even, they're back in their districts, but there was a conference call today among those house republican leaders trying to figure out if and when the house should come back into session. two republican sources tell me they did not make a decision on this call. it's still up in the air. and a big reason for that is if anything can get done in the next six days, the ball is in the senate's court. the capitol is a ghost town. neither chamber in session. an eerie calm since the fiscal cliff only congress has the power to avert is less than one week away. from their home, senate democratic leaders is trying to figure out if the president's scaled back bill can pass congress at the 11th hour. >> there is absolutely no reason, none, not to protect these americans from a tax hike. at the very least, let's agree right now on what we already agree on. let's get that done. >> reporter: but to get that done, democrats first
senior congressional correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. what are you hearing? >> there was a conference call of course members of the house leadership even, they're back in their districts, but there was a conference call today among those house republican leaders trying to figure out if and when the house should come back into session. two republican sources tell me they did not make a decision on this call. it's still up in the air. and a big reason for that is if...